The Public Health Mentor
Global Public Health Insights & Resources
Category: Public Health 101
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In a previous post, we began unpacking key concepts and definitions in public health. If you haven’t read it, you may find it helpful to start there. Here, let’s explore some more components of the public health lexicon. Environmental & Occupational Health Environmental and occupational health are subfields within public health. Environmental health focuses on…
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Public health is a broad and evolving field including a wide range of related terms. Some of these terms have distinct meanings, while others are closely related and overlap in practice. Because health is shaped by biological, social, environmental, and economic factors, public health is inherently interdisciplinary. In this post, we will take a closer…